Province·Black Sea Region·Code 29
TÜİK · ADNKS 2020The most common surnames in Gümüşhane 2020
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Gümüşhane is Yılmaz: 3,142 people in 2020. Kaya is second with 2,703. Yılmaz has led Gümüşhane every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Gümüşhane, 2020
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 3,142 | 22.2 | 1 |
| 02 | Kaya | 2,703 | 19.1 | 2 |
| 03 | Demir | 2,443 | 17.2 | 3 |
| 04 | Şahin | 2,268 | 16.0 | 6 |
| 05 | Çelik | 1,882 | 13.3 | 4 |
| 06 | Aydın | 1,680 | 11.9 | 9 |
| 07 | Mutlu | 1,420 | 10.0 | – |
| 08 | Yıldız | 1,336 | 9.4 | 5 |
| 09 | Kılıç | 1,313 | 9.3 | 13 |
| 10 | Meral | 1,299 | 9.2 | – |
| 11 | Doğan | 1,206 | 8.5 | 12 |
| 12 | Kara | 1,119 | 7.9 | 16 |
| 13 | Arslan | 1,093 | 7.7 | 11 |
| 14 | Öztürk | 1,044 | 7.4 | 8 |
| 15 | Keleş | 1,005 | 7.1 | – |
| 16 | Özdemir | 1,002 | 7.1 | 10 |
| 17 | Yıldırım | 903 | 6.4 | 7 |
| 18 | Koç | 890 | 6.3 | 18 |
| 19 | Nas | 874 | 6.2 | – |
| 20 | Zengin | 862 | 6.1 | – |
| 21 | Gül | 822 | 5.8 | – |
| 22 | Sarı | 768 | 5.4 | – |
| 23 | Polat | 750 | 5.3 | 19 |
| 24 | Aslan | 708 | 5.0 | 14 |
| 25 | Şimşek | 687 | 4.8 | 20 |
| 26 | Yavuz | 684 | 4.8 | 24 |
| 27 | Demirci | 679 | 4.8 | – |
| 28 | Erdoğan | 659 | 4.7 | 26 |
| 29 | Çakmak | 645 | 4.6 | – |
| 30 | Turan | 624 | 4.4 | – |
How do these counts compare with Gümüşhane’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 141,702 in 2020, about 22.2 in every 1,000 people in Gümüşhane are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 36,510 people, 25.8% of the population.1,2
Gümüşhane lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 12.9% between 2018 and 2020.2
| 2018 | 162,748 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 164,521 |
| 2020 | 141,702 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BayburtBayburt: Bayram leads (847 people); Yılmaz, first in Gümüşhane, ranks 2nd there with 826.
- ErzincanErzincan: also Yılmaz, with 3,765 people in 2020, 1.2 times as many as in Gümüşhane.
- GiresunGiresun: also Yılmaz, with 12,527 people in 2020, 4.0 times as many as in Gümüşhane.
- TrabzonTrabzon: also Yılmaz, with 18,527 people in 2020, 5.9 times as many as in Gümüşhane.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Gümüşhane’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 3,520 | Kaya 2,942 | Demir 2,901 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 3,561 | Kaya 3,195 | Şahin 2,770 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 3,142 | Kaya 2,703 | Demir 2,443 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 3,199 | Kaya 2,862 | Demir 2,580 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 3,095 | Kaya 2,745 | Şahin 2,357 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 3,253 | Kaya 2,774 | Demir 2,518 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 3,048 | Kaya 2,694 | Şahin 2,344 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 2,952 | Kaya 2,498 | Şahin 2,296 |
Sources
- 1Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS)
- 2Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK ADNKS: Cinsiyete göre nüfus, Türkiye ve 81 il
- 3Natural Earth, Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries